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king’s speech on Wednesday will also include policy announcements, though a cabinet reshuffle is not expected. On a tumultuous day: - Nigel Farage said a “truly historic shift in British politics” had occurred after Reform
speech is also expected to say that in times of great international challenges, it is more necessary than ever to stand together to defend democratic values. The King will say that despite current disagreements between
political historian Anthony Seldon said the 27-30 April visit was “obviously beyond tricky” and had a “degree of difficulty” vastly surpassing any official visit since the first one by a reigning monarch, when George
significant since his grandfather George VI's visit in 1939 on the eve of the Second World War". Emily Maitlis, interviewer of Prince Andrew in the Newsnight interview, made bigger claims, hailing the speech
significant of his entire career. If it goes badly, it might the last one of his career. Labour MPs want to hear that he understands the scale of the difficulty the party
king’s speech this week, a year after the government took over the daily running of the loss-making business from its Chinese owner. 5. ***Health news*** | Experts have called for [a four-day week
political future](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/28/starmer-buys-some-time-mandelson-election) over the appointment of Peter Mandelson as US ambassador, the number of MPs backing Burnham is understood to have grown to far more than the 80 required to challenge
significant that no-one is publicly echoing Brash's call and the prevailing mood seems to be against an imminent leadership challenge. One long-standing Labour MP has his take: "Keir Starmer is basically dead